Surgically-enforced anorexia situations?????
How about surgically-enoforced  anti-glutton procedure?

Fran

Oh, I see.

I had been afraid of surgery because I saw video of a woman who said she was
still hungry, even after the surgery.

Bariatric surgery will be malpractice, when they realize how easy Atkins can
be.

Cubit
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dieting since November '03
Low Carb since 12/01/2003
link to chart: http://techmart.com/~cubit/Chart25.gif

PS: I started low carb with my own guess at what low carb should be, and
shunned the idea of picking one of the various plans.  As I learned and
progressed I found that Atkins had the answers that worked.  Now, I actually
have two of his books and regard myself as one of the Atkins faithful.  It
is kind of like a religion.  (I should note that I violate Atkins by not
exercising.)

It's also an extreme *last resort* tactic. This is not cosmetic
surgery. It's not for people who "just need to lose a few pounds" or
improve their appearance.

Interestingly, it enforces a low-carb diet because the person 1) loses
their ability to tolerate sugars (it results in something called
"dumping"); 2) there's less space for all the food, so the person
starts focusing on the high-nutrient foods (proteins, vegetables). The
changed gastric architecture helps facilitate changed eating behavior.

My mom's best friend had weight loss surgery recently. She was doing
very badly before. She was in the "morbidly obese" category. This was
a lifesaving, last resort procedure, for her. She was heavy to the
point of being incapacitated. She was barely able to move, and only
getting bigger every year. She had also become diabetic in addition to
having any number of other problems including arthritis and
fibromyalgia.

She looks and feels great now. She has a new lease on life. She used
to be an angry, negative and bitter person, and interestingly, that's
cleared up too.

Happened to a councilwoman here:

Weight-Loss Surgery Scrutinized After Death
Detroit Councilwoman Dies After Lap-Band Procedure
POSTED: 3:43 p.m. EDT September 9, 2002
DETROIT -- A newly available form of weight-reduction surgery is in an
unwelcome spotlight after the death of a woman who served on the Detroit
City Council.

BRENDA SCOTT (1954-2002)

Brenda Scott died last week from an infection caused by a stomach
perforation. The Wayne, Mich., County medical examiner classified the cause
of death as an accident caused by a condition called peritonitis.

Scott's death came three days after she underwent a procedure called
Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding. The procedure usually requires five or
six incisions to implant an adjustable ring around the stomach. Patients
usually go home the next day.

The device is designed to induce weight loss by restricting food
consumption. It is produced by INAMED Corp., based in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Scott's stomach lining became infected, according to the medical examiner's
autopsy. Doug Trigg, spokesman for INAMED, said that Scott's post-operative
death was the first since the procedure was approved by the Food and Drug
Administration in 2001.

Trigg said the death rate worldwide has been extremely low -- about 0.005
percent.
The procedure has been performed on nearly 90,000 people in other countries
over the past nine years. It's less invasive than other weight-reduction
surgical options -- including stomach stapling and gastric bypass.

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who once represented Dr. Jack Kevorkian, said that
he has been hired by Scott's family to "bring appropriate legal proceedings
against those responsible for her untimely death."

Fieger said two autopsies showed perforations in Scott's stomach. And
according to Feiger, there's no other way the holes could have occurred
except in surgery.

In news:c88i3p12lf0@news2.newsguy.com,
polar bear <polar@nospam.invalid> stated

To conform to what society. to HELL with society.

LV

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